28 Facts About Ksenia Afanasyeva

Ksenia Dmitrievna Afanasyeva is a retired Russian artistic gymnast who competed at the 2008 and 2012 Summer Olympics.

Ksenia Afanasyeva is the 2011 world champion on floor exercise, the 2013 and 2015 European floor champion, and the 2013 Universiade vault and floor champion.

Ksenia Afanasyeva won the bronze medal in the all-around competition with a total score of 36.550, behind Vanessa Ferrari of Italy and fellow Russian Karina Myasnikova.

In 2007, Ksenia Afanasyeva placed second on balance beam at the World Cup event in Paris, scoring 15.175.

Ksenia Afanasyeva placed seventh on vault, scoring 13.887, and second on floor, scoring 14.775.

Ksenia Afanasyeva placed second in the all-around final with a score of 57.600 and fourth in the uneven bars final, scoring 14.650.

Ksenia Afanasyeva was named to Russia's four-gymnast delegation for the 2009 World Championships in London, but was unable to compete because of a back injury.

Ksenia Afanasyeva placed second on balance beam, scoring 14.200, and second on floor, scoring 14.200.

Ksenia Afanasyeva placed seventh in the all-around competition with a score of 56.732 and first on floor with a score of 15.133.

At the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, Ksenia Afanasyeva was the captain of the Russian team, which consisted of her, Anastasia Grishina, Viktoria Komova, Aliya Mustafina, and Maria Paseka.

Ksenia Afanasyeva began her year by performing at a gala called "From London to Rio", along with Paseka, Pavlova, Sandra Izbasa, Catalina Ponor, and other gymnasts.

Ksenia Afanasyeva contributed scores of 15.000 on vault, 12.750 on balance beam, and 14.450 on floor toward the Central team's first-place finish.

Ksenia Afanasyeva placed fourth on balance beam with a score of 13.066, and won gold on the floor exercise with a score of 14.633.

Ksenia Afanasyeva won the gold medal in the floor final with a score of 15.166.

Ksenia Afanasyeva went on to win the all-around silver medal, with Mustafina taking the gold.

Ksenia Afanasyeva helped her team to the gold medal, but withdrew from the vault final after a fall during the team final exacerbated her ankle injury.

Ksenia Afanasyeva underwent yet another surgery, which required her to miss the World Championships for the second consecutive year.

Ksenia Afanasyeva debuted a new floor routine and performed a solid double-twisting Yurchenko vault, helping her team to a silver medal.

Ksenia Afanasyeva admitted in an interview afterward that she had only successfully performed the Amanar vault twice in her life: once when she won the vault title at the 2013 Summer Universiade, and the second time in Montpellier.

Ksenia Afanasyeva performed well, helping her team to the silver medal, and individually winning gold on floor, silver on beam and bronze on vault.

Ksenia Afanasyeva looked weak in podium training in Glasgow, and revealed that she was suffering from kidney stones and had spent a week in hospital.

The Russian team performed well in qualifications, with Ksenia Afanasyeva posting a 14.866 on vault and a 14.633 on floor, qualifying fourth individually into the floor final, and helping the team to qualify in second position to the team final.

Ksenia Afanasyeva finished fifth on vault and won the floor final with a score of 14.500, ahead of Japan's Sae Miyakawa, who scored 14.450.

Ksenia Afanasyeva came back in event finals with an improved floor routine to share the floor title with Angelina Melnikova, and was announced as part of the Russian team for the European Championships.

Ksenia Afanasyeva originally intended to compete on vault, beam and floor for the Russians in Bern, but an exacerbation of her ankle injury a few days before the beginning of podium training put paid to her plans.

Seda Tutkhalyan was brought in to cover the team on beam and floor, and in the absence of vault superstar Paseka, Ksenia Afanasyeva competed two vaults in the qualifying round and qualified third into the vault event final.

Ksenia Afanasyeva competed on vault in the team final, helping Russia to the gold medal ahead of Great Britain and France, and then performed again in the vault event final, winning an individual bronze medal to add to Russia's haul.

Ksenia Afanasyeva excels especially on floor where she displays both difficult tumbling elements and difficult dance elements.